From rivalries that are repeated until the return of superstars, five highlights from the NHL time plan

From the renewal of intensive rivalries to superstars that return to their former home bases, the publication of a new regular plan of the regular season in the regular season always provides for some of the sharper strands of the upcoming campaign. Here are five takeovers from the 2025-26 schedule published on Wednesday:

(Un) welcome at home

The Toronto fans have to wait until next year to see Mitch Marner's expected return to the Scotiabank Arena when the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Toronto Maple Leaf on January 23. The superstar striker spent his first nine NHL season with his hometown Maple-Leafs before sending himself on June 30 with a lettering from Maple Leaf and the change of murder near Vegas. Marner had 741 points in 657 games with the Leafs, but wore a large part of the creditor of Toronto, who was upset about the lack of playoff success of her team. Exciting Marner to get a hard treatment from a segment of the Scotiabank Arena amount, although he will surely have his followers in the stands. Marner, who will conclude an eight-year contract for $ 96 million, will reunite with former teammates a few days earlier, visited Toronto on January 15.

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End back

The Edmonton Oilers do not have to wait too long to get another bang from the Panthers in Florida, as the finalists of Stanley Cup are to climb from the last two seasons on November 22nd in Sunrise, Florida. It was the eighth time that a Canadian team did not go back to the country's Stanley Cup Dürre until the 1993/94 season. The teams meet again on March 19 in Edmonton. Florida won both games of the regular season against Edmonton in 2024-25.

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Rivalries lived again

The start of the season will record the resumption of hostility among the Canadian teams of the NHL and their rivals. Edmonton opens the season on October 8 at home against the provincial competitor Calgary Flames, with the Vancouver Canucks coming into town three days later. The Flames visit Vancouver in the evening after their season opener in Edmonton. The Winnipeg Jets will open their season on October 9 against Dallas, the team that the President's winners from the second round of the playoffs opened. The Maple Leafs begin on October 8 against the original six arch rivals in Montreal Canadiens. However, the Ottawa senators have to wait to Montreal by November 1st before they face a competitor of the Canadian division.

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Big break

For some players in the league, the return of the NHL to the Olympic competition means a chance to represent their country in one of the greatest phases of sport, and a nice longer break for others. The league will pause for 19 days on February 6th to record the men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milanda-Cortina. It is the first games in which NHL players have been seen in Sochi, Russia since the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Turkey

The NFL can have Thanksgiving in the United States, but the Canadian version of the holiday will offer an afternoon -NHL -double header for the main hockey programs of the season on the main video streaming platform from Amazon. Detroit Red Wings in Toronto will be broadcast on Monday, October 13th at 4 p.m. ET, followed by the St. Louis Blues in Vancouver Canucks at 4:30 p.m. PT.

This report by Canadian Press was first published on July 16, 2025.

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